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Pakistan Floods – what we can do to help!

It has been reported that over 20 million people have been left homeless due to the devastation inflicted by the floods. It is not certain whether this homelessness has been caused by people being forced to leave their homes or whether the floods have destroyed their homes. The floods are expected to become even more severe across the Indus river and it has been said that the villages of Sindh and Panjab will also be affected. Maurizio Giuliano, who works for the UN office of Humanitarian affairs claimed that in excess of 36,000 people were suffering from watery diarrhoea which is a known symptom of the disease cholera.

Mohammed Qazilbash, an employee of Save the Children in Islamabad said “children are drinking, washing in and going to the toilet in the same river water. If this sanitation crisis is not tackled now, in six months time, millions and millions of children will be suffering potentially deadly diarrhoea and other diseases”. Currently the Disasters Emergency Committee have raised enough funds in order to help 50,000 people, however, the number of people who require aid is far greater.

The Pakistan disaster authority confirmed that 1,588 people have been injured and many people are suffering from food shortages. The people of Pakistan urgently require your help, all your donations collectively can save millions of lives. Here is a list of the charities to whom you can make your donations:

Disasters Emergency

Donations to the Disasters Emergency committee Pakistani appeal can be made by telephone 0370 60 60 900

online www.dec.org.uk

at the post office/any high street bank

cheques can be sent in the post

or text GIVE to 70707 (£5 will be deducted)

UNICEF’s Pakistan Flood Children’s Appeal

Single or monthly donations can be made online please visit www.unicef.org.uk

Save the Children

Donations can be made online at www.savethechildren.org.uk or in store

ShelterBox

Families whose homes were destroyed in the floods have now found emergency shelter beneath the canvas of ShelterBox tents after 1,000 ShelterBox tents were distributed in Kyber Pukhtunkwa (KPK) and Punjab regions of Pakistan

Public donations are vital to ShelterBox’s continuing work. To make a donation please ring +44 (0)300 0300 500 or go to www.shelterbox.org to donate online and get the latest updates on our response to disasters around the world.

YMI Smart Africa

Przemek, Marcin and the team have reached Africa! Find out more via their page by clicking here

North Wales Regional Tennis Centre Open Day

It’s the 20th Anniversary of the Wrexham Tennis Centre – join the celebrations on Saturday 4th September.

Activities include an inflatable court, free tennis, test the speed of your serve and more! Click on the poster below for more details of visit www.nwrtc.co.uk

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North Wales families share their views on alcohol at Wrexham event

During the summer holidays when the opportunities and temptations for young people to drink alcohol increase, families visiting the Wrexham Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre yesterday (Monday 16 August) were able to learn about the dangers of underage drinking.

Parents and children visiting the ‘You, Your Child and Alcohol’ stand were able to take part in an interactive game designed to dispel the myths associated with drinking alcohol. They were also able to put their thoughts about the risks of underage drinking to the camera, which will then be used in promotional activities.

Families visiting the stand are being told about the Strengthening Families Programme (SFP) that runs in Wrexham. The programme aims to help parents and their children gain a better understanding of the harms of substance misuse, and how to reduce the likelihood of children experiencing health-damaging behaviour.

Seven-week long courses are run throughout the year in Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Flintshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and Wrexham, teaching children aged 10-14 how to resist peer pressure and the natural temptation to try new things such as alcohol. The courses also help parents understand the influence they have on their children and provide them with the tools they need to communicate more effectively.

Tricia Jones from the SFP in Wrexham has seen several families benefit from attending the courses.

She said: “The SFP provides an innovative way to enable all families to build on their strengths and develop resilience, putting into practice good decision-making and effective communication skills when challenges faced by families in Wrexham arise.

“The course is aimed at strengthening the parent and child relationship, supporting a positive experience of the teenage years, preventing alcohol and drug use and behavioural problems in adolescence. Through discussions, fun games and activities, families solve problems together, learn about rules and consequences and explore ways to show love and support, strengthening family communication.”

For more information contact:

For more information about the research project on the Strengthening Families Programme visit www.projectsfpcymru.co.uk or contact the Wrexham branch by calling 01978 729786 or emailing parenting@wrexham.gov.uk

Drink Wise Wales is any easy-to-use bilingual website giving information on sensible drinking, where you can calculate how much you are drinking, and learn about how alcohol affects your body. There’s also information on the number of calories in popular alcoholic drinks, and a reaction game demonstrating how alcohol can slow you down.

Visit: www.drinkwisewales.org.uk and www.yfeddoethcymru.org.uk

DAN the Wales Drug and Alcohol Helpline, provides free and confidential information or help on issues relating to drugs or alcohol. Call: 0800 633 55 88

NHS Direct Wales provides health information on a wide range of conditions, treatments and local health services.

Call: 0845 46 47 or visit: www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk

Kaleidoscopic – Adaptations Festival, Wrexham

A new festival that will examine how creative ideas can be reshaped and adapted into various art forms has been launched. Taking place at Glyndŵr University and Wrexham Library from September 9^th – 11^th Kaleidoscopic will be open to members of the general public and will feature renowned artists talking about the creative process and business of adapting ideas for film, TV, radio, theatre, and much more.

Festival highlights include an exclusive Q&A with Steven Moffat about Sherlock – the modern day reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, and a masterclass by Tim Firth who will discuss adapting his screenplay of Calendar Girls into a successful stage play. Mike Poultan – an English translator and adapter of classic plays – will be on hand to talk about his recent adaptation of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and one of Britain’s best loved writers, Ian Edginton, alongside one of the medium’s brightest artistic talents, I.N.J. Culbard, will be in conversation to discuss the first two instalments of Self Made Hero’s Sherlock Holmes graphic novel series: The Hound of the Baskervilles and A Study in Scarlet.

There will also be sessions on writing for radio featuring Alison Hindell (Head of Radio Drama, BBC) and acclaimed radio dramatist Mike Walker; how to find support for writers featuring representatives from the Film Agency for Wales, Everyman Playhouse, and Academi – the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors; and an exclusive Pierhead Session, presented by the National Assembly for Wales, that will examine if a country can be a brand and if so how has ‘Brand Wales’ been adapted over the past 50 years?

Tickets for all the sessions will be available through the festival website (kaleidoscopicfest.org), the Glyndŵr University website (www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events), by telephone (01978-293293), and in person from Glyndwr University.

Festival Partners and sponsors include Glyndŵr University, Wrexham Council, Film Agency for Wales, National Assembly for Wales, the British Film Institute, Academi, BAFTA Cymru, and Greenland.

A celebration of the 150^th anniversary of the National Eisteddfod /  Cyfrol yn dathlu 150 mlwyddiant yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol

This year on the National Eisteddfod Maes in Ebbw Vale a special book will be available to buy. Eisteddfod –Gŵyl Fawr y Cymry – The Great Festival of Wales is a collection of photographs from the Festival over the past few years by renowned photographer David Williams.

Published by Carreg Gwalch, this hardback, bilingual book is a perfect gift for anyone who loves to attend or enjoys the Eisteddfod or a great souvenir from the 2010 Festival.

The National Eisteddfod of Wales is one of the world’s great cultural festivals. In 2010, it celebrates its 150^th anniversary in its present form, as a large event that moves around Wales. Today’s Eisteddfod, at which the highest standards of performance and competition prevail, is part of a rich and colourful heritage that extends back to the twelfth century. For visitors and competitors alike, it provides a memorable – and sometimes life-changing – experience.

In this book, David Williams – official photographer of the Eisteddfod on many occasions – has selected pictures; from the thousands he has produced that capture the fun and emotion of the event. They convey enjoyment, colour and the vigorous expression of the varied talents of this small nation, along with the remembrance of friends of the Eisteddfod no longer with us. The book is dedicated to the memory of two great Eisteddfod character, Archdruid Dic Jones and Professor Hywel Teifi Edwards. We also hear about the Eisteddfod’s history, the significance of its ceremonies and the triumph of its organisation from Lyn Ebenezer, a writer and journalist also very familiar with the event.

“For a week every August the National Eisteddfod is the beating heart of Welsh Wales,” said Lyn Ebenezer.

David Williams is a freelance writer and photographer specialising in the culture, heritage and landscape of Wales. He is the author of several books and is also responsible for Y Cwm Tecaf – Cwm Pennant Ddoe a Heddiw by publishers Gomer launched this week at the Eisteddfod.

Eisteddfod – Gŵyl Fawr y Cymry – The Great Festival of Wales is available to buy at the Eisteddfod and in your local Welsh book shop or online from www.gwales.com

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Eleni, ar faes yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yng Nglyn Ebwy bydd cyfrol go arbennig ar gael i’w phrynu. Mae Eisteddfod – Gŵyl Fawr y Cymry – The Great Festival of Wales yn gyfrol o luniau arbennig o’r Brifwyl dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf wedi eu tynnu gan y ffotograffydd David Williams.

Wedi ei gyhoeddi gan wasg Carreg Gwalch mae’r gyfrol clawr caled, dwyieithog hon yn anrheg berffaith i unrhyw un sy’n mwynhau gwylio ac ymweld â’r Eisteddfod.

Mae Eisteddfodau diweddar, yn Y Faenol, Abertawe, Yr Wyddgrug, Caerdydd, Y Bala ac eleni, Glyn Ebwy, yn rhan o gwilt lliwgar a chyfoethog ac yn destun dathliad eleni gan fod yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn ei ffurf fodern – fel gŵyl fawr sy’n teithio o gwmpas Cymru – yn cofnodi’i phen-blwydd yn 150 oed.

Yn y gyfrol hon mae David Williams, ffotograffydd swyddogol yr ŵyl ar lawer achlysur, wedi dethol o’i gasgliad o filoedd o luniau gan ddal hwyl a hiraeth y meysydd a’r llwyfannau diweddaraf – hwyl, lliw, a mynegiant bywiog holl amrywiaeth talentau’r genedl, a hefyd hiraeth am ambell wên ac wyneb na welwn eto. Mae’r gyfrol wedi ei chyflwyno er cof am ddau o fawrion Prifwyl y Cymry, Yr Archdderwydd Dic Jones a’r Athro Hywel Teifi Edwards. Rhwng y lluniau cawn gip ar hanes yr Eisteddfod, arwyddocâd ei seremonïau a rhyfeddod y gwaith o’i threfnu gan Lyn Ebenezer, un arall sy’n gyfarwydd iawn â’r Maes.

“Yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol am wythnos bob mis Awst mae curiad calon y Cymry,” meddai Lyn Ebenezer.

Mae David Williams yn awdur ac yn ffotograffydd sy’n arbenigo yn niwylliant, treftadaeth a thirwedd Cymru gyda nifer o gyfrolau ac ysgrifau i’w enw. Cyfrol arall o waith David Williams a fydd ar gael i’w phrynu yn yr Eisteddfod eleni yw Y Cwm Tecaf – Cwm Pennant Ddoe a Heddiw gan wasg Gomer.

Bydd Eisteddfod – Gŵyl Fawr y Cymry – The Great Festival of Wales ar gael i’w phrynu ar faes yr Eisteddfod ac yn eich siop lyfrau Gymraeg lleol ac ar www.gwales.com

Wrexham & District Eisteddfod 2011 Fundraising

The National Eisteddfod is coming to Wrexham in 2011 and we need people to raise funds. Activities can be as varied as you like and, provided the activities are legal and above board, they will be welcomed! If you have any ideas about fund-raising activities please contact Edgar Lewis on 01978 359681 or Medwyn Edwards on 01978 364733 (Vice Chair and Chair respectively of the Eisteddfod`s Finance Committee).